A new map reveals the landscape under Antarctica: 30,000 hills you never knew existedNew research has unveiled an unprecedentedly detailed map of Antarctica's subglacial terrain, revealing thousands of previously unmapped hi...
18 Feb, 2026, 07.20 PM IST
NASA reveals first-ever high-resolution image of a massive Pacific tsunami, and it’s jaw-droppingA powerful earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in late July caused a massive Pacific tsunami, which was spotted in unprecedented de...
03 Dec, 2025, 10.45 PM IST
Satellite mission discovers how 650-foot mega tsunami in 2023 left Earth shaking for 9 daysNASA and France's CNES detected the contours of a tsunami in a Greenland fjord in September 2023. It was triggered by a massive rockslide a...
03 Nov, 2024, 05.38 PM IST
US weather update: Severe thunderstorm issued for several areas in Kansas City; Details hereA severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for several counties in Kansas, including Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, and ...
24 Jul, 2023, 07.05 PM IST
Designed for 5 yrs, ISRO-launched satellite completes decade and continues to provide serviceISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) has provided the small satellite bus platform to which French national space agency CNES payload ...
02 Mar, 2023, 09.29 PM IST
- NASA to send submarine to seafloor next week: Report
Washington, Aug 14 (IANS) NASA is set to send a submarine to the seafloor near Hawaii on August 20 in an effort to find an environment anal...
14 Aug, 2018, 01.02 PM IST
A Swedish job, to crown it all?Why the thieves were interested in a couple of pearl-studded gold crowns and an orb that had been buried with their 17th-century royal owne...
02 Aug, 2018, 11.03 PM IST
India offers to host information centre for maritime securityIt was one of the proposals made by Vice President Hamid Ansari at the first summit of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) here.
11 Jul, 2018, 04.31 PM IST
- Oceanography satellite to mark 10th year in orbit
Los Angeles, June 24 (IANS) Originally designed for a three-to-five-year mission, an international oceanography satellite that is tracking ...
24 Jun, 2018, 01.22 PM IST
India to soon begin forecasting reach of tsunami waves in-landThis would be a Level-3 alert under India's Tsunami Early Warning System, put in place after the deadly 2004 tsunami.
06 May, 2018, 05.33 PM IST
- Ceres may still have liquid water underground: NASA
Washington, Oct 27 (IANS) The dwarf planet Ceres may have had a global ocean in the past, and two new studies from NASA's Dawn mission sugg...
27 Oct, 2017, 01.37 PM IST
- Titan evolved more like Mars than Earth, show river maps
New York, May 19 (IANS) The origins of topography or surface elevations on Saturn's largest moon Titan may have more in common with the his...
19 May, 2017, 06.01 PM IST
From temples to mountains, celebrate new beginnings in VietnamWith its chilly temperature, the Sapa Valley is becoming a favourite destination for New Year’s Eve in Vietnam.
22 Dec, 2016, 05.19 AM IST
- NASA selects SpaceX for launch of global surface water survey probe
Washington, Nov 23 (IANS) NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the agencys April 2021 mission designed to make the first...
23 Nov, 2016, 01.10 PM IST
Kolkata's Sampriti Bhattacharya on Forbes 30 most powerful young change agents of the worldAt 28, Bhattacharya has created an underwater drone that can map ocean floors and explore the deep sea and can help the defence sector.
29 Jan, 2016, 01.47 PM IST
Himalayas were born 47 million years ago: StudyThe team of Australian and US scientists believe the collision occurred 47 million years ago when India and Eurasia initially smashed into ...
10 Nov, 2015, 03.54 PM IST
Nasa to launch satellite in collaboration with IsroNasa-Indian Space Research Organisation Synthetic Aperture Radar mission is a part of its plan to launch in the next 7 years a series of sa...
26 Feb, 2014, 10.06 AM IST